Tracking with sticky notes

To get her students to engage in critical thinking while they read, Maureen Scane (Sunman Elementary) and her fourth grade class brainstormed for "ways to think" while reading.    read more...

Purpose-Driven Reading

When assigning classroom reading, consider using techniques that target the reluctant and/or struggling readers in your classroom. Here are a couple of strategies:    read more...

Supporting reluctant readers

When assigning classroom reading, consider using techniques that target the reluctant and/or struggling readers in your classroom.    read more...

Using pictures to jumpstart summary writing

After reading a story or selection in the reading series, many teachers have students retell the story by writing a short summary. Woodburn Elementary second grade teacher Pam Weesner jumpstarts her summary writing with a strategy that targets her visual learners and reluctant writers.    read more...

Pre-reading strategies that motivate

Teachers frequently ask for ways to motivate kids to want to read. After all, it's pretty hard to work on students' reading comprehension if they didn't do the reading. With that said, here are two of my favorite pre-reading strategies to motivate kids to dive into the passage.    read more...